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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 94 +12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大金火 (KHKCF), four-corner 44296, composition)

  1. to hunt at night by torches

References

  • KangXi: page 718, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20692
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1368, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7360

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*reːw, *reːw
*reːwʔ, *reːws
*reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
*reːwʔ
*reːwʔ, *reːw
*rew, *rewʔ, *rews
*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
*rewʔ, *reːwʔ
*rewʔ, *reːw
*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
*rews
*rews, *reːw
*rews, *reːw
*reːw
*reːw, *reːwʔ
*reːw, *reːw, *reːws
*reːw
*reːw
*reːw
*reːw, *reːws
*reːw
*reːw, *reːwʔ
*reːw
*reːwʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw) : semantic  (beast) + phonetic .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (37) (9) (37)
Final () (93) (90) (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV II I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leu/ /ʈˠauX/ /lɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/leu/ /ʈᵚauX/ /lɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/leu/ /ȶauX/ /lɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛw/ /ʈaɨwX/ /lawX/
Li
Rong
/leu/ /ȶauX/ /lɑuX/
Wang
Li
/lieu/ /ȶauX/ /lɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieu/ /ȶauX/ /lɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liáo zhǎo lǎo
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 8073 8077 8096
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːwʔ/ /*ʔr'eːwʔ/ /*reːw/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to hunt at night by torches

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ryo>yo) (hangeul >, revised ryo>yo, McCune-Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

  1. hunt at night

Vietnamese

Han character

(liêu, lão)

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